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Poem by Richard Lovelace


To Lucasta, Going To The Wars


Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.

True, a new mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.

Yet this inconstancy is such
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Dear) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more. 



Richard Lovelace


Richard Lovelace's other poems:
  1. Cupid Far Gone
  2. Oreheus To Beasts
  3. The Vintage to the Dungeon
  4. Oreheus To Woods
  5. Courante Monsieur


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